Sunstopper

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My Girls

weekends are always over in a flash, while the weekdays crawl by ever so slowly.

i guess most people, if not all, feel the same way. weekends are never enough. i wish we could have like a 3-day weekend and 4-day work week. maybe i should migrate to another country which has such a system. hehe. but then again, doesn't everyone want that? without receiving a cut in our current salary that is.

anyhow, i had a great time this weekend. despite being at home the whole time with the exception for sunday morning when i went to church. sometimes, it doesn't matter where or what you're doing, it's who you're with that makes your day. i realised that chatting and getting to know others better, receiving their help and accommodation, by just being part of a group, a community, giving you support when you need it, can make one happy too.

and my st. nicks friends are there for me throughout it all. they've been part of my life since i gotta know them. even in jc, my friends were mainly them. i did not venture out too much to know new friends. when i stayed in hall, my friends in hall were also them. now that we've graduated and are all working, they're the ones i meet up with the most, and we keep ourselves updated with one another through daily emails. and during this time when i'm currently homebound, they're still the ones who visit me almost every week and making time for me. even now that i'm playng maple, my maple friends are mainly them too. i guess, with the exception of church and work, they're otherwise very much involved in all aspects of my life. and i know for sure, that they'll be the ones i will grow old with together.

cheers to our 10 (and some, 11 and 12) years and counting of friendship! i love you girls! :)

SP Reset

last night on maple, i was talking to this level 156 bishop. and she told me i shouldn't have added so many skill points (SP) to the doom skill (which can turn a max of 6 enemies to blue snails using a magic rock) as it's a useless skill. and i should have added to door and max it instead. giving it a longer time duration. BUT she only told me this after i've added like 27 SP into doom. now my door is at level 9, giving it a duration of 110 secs (the max is 3 mins).

so now i feel like it's so wasted. and of cos, naturally a little bit sad. i wouldn't mind a longer door. actually i prefer a longer door. but online guides said to add to doom. and so i blindly followed. :( well what's done is done. i could reset the SP but at a cost of 15 bucks per 1 SP reset. that is SO ex la. shall not waste my money. i have to keep telling myself, this is ONLY a game. and can someone please tell me that i didn't waste my SPs? >.<

sorry to those who don't play maple. you will not understand at all what i'm talking about. so please do just ignore. ^^

Giving and Receiving

thought of the day: give, freely give, but do not expect anything in return.

i was pondering on this as some recent events have reminded me of this simple message. it is so simple, but yet not easy to live up to. how many of us are willing to give, and yet expect nothing in return at all? not even a thank you or courtesy smile sometimes.

if you really love someone, and care for that person, this should come by easy. but it's human nature to want the person you've been giving to, to do the same for you.

for example, i have a friend A who had boyfriend B. A wanted to take up this dream job of hers but it requires her to travel. but B stopped her. B's reason was that he gave up this scholarship/internship that he had always dreamed of for her because it required him to be based in another country for a long period of time, so he expects A to do the same. B gave up this opportunity on his own accord, and without telling or consulting A too. now B expects A to act in the same way as him. A said if B had told her, she wouldn't want him to give up this opportunity.

of course, the above example is kinda extreme. we can just simply look at everyday life. say if you lent a friend $10, you would naturally expect your friend to loan you $10 if you need it. but how many of us can really not expect it?

if you willing gave or did something for someone you loved, i feel that you should never use it to threaten or blackmail the person to do the same for you. even if it's a stranger, expect nothing in return. because, most often than not, you may end up disappointed. and mainly because, whatever you give, God will give back to you many times over. love, shouldn't come with a price tag, or any expectations. and really, life's happier like that. if you're always expecting something, but end up not getting it, wouldn't you be sad most of the time?

now of course, there is the reverse, where we are at the receiving end. how readily should we accept help? should you accept help knowing that you can never do the same back for the person? i read somewhere that if someone willingly offers you help or wants to give you something, you should be generous and gracious enough to accept it.

of course, when we talk about expecting nothing in return when you give, it seems that if you receive, you're not expected to return the favour or kindness shown on you. well, i guess that's really up to the individual. for me, if i cannot return the exact same favour, i'll always remember the kindness shown and repay in other means that i can.

(honestly speaking, sometimes i do not like to receive help in any form because i do not want to feel indebted to someone. some people give and expect you to give back. and you feel like you owe them. i really don't like this kind of feeling. so perhaps i am a little wary of accepting help too readily. =.=)

life is all about helping one another. do you see your friend fall and not help her up? do you see your friend burden with trouble and not offer a listening ear? many times, we pretend not to see, and just carry on with our daily life, claiming that we have no time and have our own problems to deal with. but what do you gain by turning a blind eye to those in need? though i confess that i'm sometimes like that too. not offering help even though you know the person needs help. i feel i have enough on my own plate to deal with. i don't need someone else's problems too. but still, i try my best to change. for i always believe, giving is better than receiving.

so, give, because God will give back to you many times over.

inspiration: are you a giver or taker? by Bo Sanchez

Farewell to the King of Pop

i'm no big fan of MJ. but seeing the memorial service they held for him, listening to what he has done for the world, the music he has contributed, i guess, despite all his crazy actions and weird looks, i do feel a little sad that he has left us. and i feel very much for his children, especially paris after her outburst on stage at the end of the service. i hope they'll be able to grow up and carry on his legend.


most of what i know of him are usually from all the news he has created. i have never specifically paid attention to his songs or what he is up to (though weirdly, i can recognise almost every song of his when class 95 kept playing his songs yesterday - like inserting one MJ song every 2-3 songs - and it was really overdose). so i shall not give any "tribute" to him. instead, i can only say, listen to his songs. it's the best way you can remember him. :)





on another note, my sis is peeved that her project runway finale has been replaced by the telecast of the MJ memorial service, while others, who had to work and couldn't stay up to watch at the unearthly hour of 1.30-4.00am this morning, are only too happy that channel 5 is showing a repeat telecast at 10.30pm.

shall end off my favourite mj song. c'mon everyone, let's heal the world and make it a better place. :)

Heal the World
By Michael Jackson

Spoken:
Think about the generations and to say we want to make it a better world for our children and our children's children. So that they know it's a better world for them; and think if they can make it a better place.

There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much
Brighter than tomorrow.

And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow.

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space, make a better place.

Chorus:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for
You and for me.

If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving.

If we try we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
Make a better world, make a better world.

Chorus:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race.
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for
You and for me.

Bridge:
And the dream we would conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this earth, crucify it's soul
Though it's plain to see, this world is heavenly
Be God's glow.

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel
You are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn
Their swords into plowshares
We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space to make a better place.

Chorus:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for
You and for me.

Refrain (2x)

There are people dying if you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me.
There are people dying if you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me.

change of job?

sigh. i no longer have any passion for my job. i think perhaps it's really time to start looking for a new one. =.=

just a moment of downtime. i know it will pass and then i'll be ok again. but how many downtime can i take? i've had so many such moments since i started this job. is this normal? does everyone experience this? i know every job has its difficulties. but sometimes, it can be just a little too much. and you long and thirst for a better life. doing something that you really love, and enjoy.

honestly, the only thing that's stopping me from tendering my resignation is the fact that i feel i owe them. for keeping the place for me. for my colleagues' overwhelming concern over my accident. for the fact that they are allowing me to work from home until i fully recover. sigh. i'm one lousy sucker. why is letting go always so hard?

Comments Enabled! :)

i am so proud of myself. lol. cos i figured out how to post a link for comments on my blog! yay! thanks to help.blogger.com. the template that i downloaded doesn't post a link to comments. so i have to insert the entire code by myself. ^^

next i shall figure out how to put in the title. it doesn't seem to want to appear either. >.<

my maple avatar!

i love my new clothes! :)

i've moved here!

yeah! i have finally decided to move to blogspot. permanently. and i got a new blogskin! luckily i learnt a little html before. so i'm not so lost in editing the html for the skin. like it? i love it! :D

i'll put up more posts the moment i'm done with all the editing on the blog. i love the flexibility of blogspot. compared to xanga. now i think xanga is for lazy pple (like me!) who just wants to put up their posts and that's it. so i've decided not to be lazy and try out blogspot. :P

btw all the previous posts are OUTDATED. so please do ignore them. i'm only leaving them there to remind myself that i should post more often. and not just a few times a year. and to tell myself that i should not live in the past anymore. time waits for no man (or woman). so get up and move on already! :)